United Church in Tallahassee

Lent comes very early this year.  Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, is this Wednesday, February 6th!  
 
Lent is a time of 40 days of quiet reexamination of our lives and our relationship with God.   It is a time to let go of habits and practices which separate us from God, and a time to […]

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Today, January 15,  is Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday.  We will celebrate his birthday as a nation on Monday, January 21st.     Dr. King was also awarded five honorary degrees, named Man of The Year by Time magazine in 1963 and received the Nobel  Peace Prize at age 35. He was also Dr. King was arrested […]

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And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road (Matthew 2:12) The Wise Ones listened.  They listened to their dreams and they listened to their hearts.  They made an enormous journey to pay homage to a baby born in a barn and nestled in […]

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See, I am making all things new … (Revelations 21:5)

I love New Year’s Day.   I love the quietness of the morning and the silence of traffic it’s a wonderful day to walk and wonder. This New Year’s Day was especially beautiful: cool, crisp air, cloudless blue sky and brilliant sunlight.  What a beautiful day.
I love […]

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 In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. Luke 2:8)
I can’t imagine what those shepherds felt or thought two […]

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Martin Copenhaver, pastor of Wellesley Congregational Church UCC writes:
…In a way it is unfortunate that we always celebrate Christmas on the same day of the year because that makes the coming of Christ seem almost predictable…
I agree. Advent is a wondrous time of waiting and watching … and yes, the […]

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Last Sunday was the first Sunday Advent and we lit the first candle: The Candle of Hope.  The candle of Hope is at times, a difficult candle to light.  There is war, there is violence, there is cancer … there is HIV/AIDS.     Sometimes I think the “Candle of Cynicism” would be an easier candle to […]

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I was in California in October to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of First Congregational Church, Santa Cruz. On the way to Santa Cruz I stopped in Berkeley for lunch. Walking down Shattuck St. downtown Berkeley, I passed the Gratitude Café and smiled, thinking “How Berkeley!” I walked in and […]

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